How many bags of concrete do I need for a 4x8 slab?
Michael King
Updated on February 20, 2026
Number of bags of concrete for a 4×8 slab at 4 inch thick
of 40lb bag = 0.391 ÷ 0.011 = 36 bags. At 4 inch thick, for a 4×8 slab, you will need either twenty three 60- pounds or eighteen 80- pounds or thirty six 40- pounds bags of concrete.How many bags of concrete do I need for a 10x10 4 slab?
At 4″ thick, for a 10×10 slab, generally, you will need 1.23 cubic yards or 33 cubic feet or either 74- 60lb or 56-80lb bags of premixed concrete.How many square feet does an 80lb bag of concrete cover?
80 lb bag of concrete cubic feet80 lb bag of concrete yields 0.60 cubic feet which is approximately around 0.0222 cubic yards that will cover around 3.6 sq ft area up to standard depth of 2 inch excavation or backfills, and for 1 cubic feet of landfill you will need 1.66 bags of 80 lb concrete.
How do I calculate how much concrete I need for a slab?
For concrete, the formula for volume is as follows: length x width x thickness.
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Here's what the math looks like for a 10' by 10' concrete patio:
- 10 x 10 = 100 square feet.
- 4 ÷ 12 = .33.
- 100 x .33 = 33 cubic feet.
- 33 x .037 = 1.22 cubic yards.